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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?
(a) Lessing did not want to accompany her parents.
(b) There was an incubator of eggs that were waiting to hatch.
(c) Lessing had fought with her mother earlier that day.
(d) Lessing's brother, Harry needed to be watched.

2. Why was it especially dangerous for Gottfried to carry on an affair?
(a) Because he was a career criminal.
(b) Because he was an enemy alien.
(c) Because he was a married man.
(d) Because he was a high-ranking official.

3. When did Gottfried Lessing arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) Immediately following the outbreak of war.
(b) At the end of World War II.
(c) Before the outbreak of World War II.
(d) After Kristallnacht.

4. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?
(a) Gold.
(b) Pyrite.
(c) Quartz.
(d) Diamonds.

5. How did Lessing rebel while aboard the ship?
(a) By speaking disrespectfully to the nanny.
(b) By stealing things and lying about them.
(c) By sneaking out of the cabin.
(d) By staying up late.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lessing first experience a social event in which she and black people were treated equally?

2. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?

3. Which of the following was NOT a language commonly spoken in the Lessing home?

4. What did Lessing's landlady think about her stream of visitors?

5. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?

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